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Funding at universities, i can take on all the lefts sacred cows and i can live to tell about it. i can actually implement. and i got to say, if i were a conservative republican primary voter, that would be a very attractive message that hes the right wing of the possible. >> i think that is exactly the way hes dialed it up. he laid out today a very workman-like speech. it was more of a stump speech than a presidential announcement speech. it was folksy, it was personal talking about, you know, ...

Than a presidential announcement speech. it was folksy it was personal talking about, you know, shopping at kohls and getting the bargain deals and relating his experiences to every other person in the country. and i think that from the perspective of the question, you know, we want to nominate the most conservative who can win, scott walker today tried to fill in that question mark with his answer. being him. >> that electability question is interesting to see one of jeb bushs people retweeting...

Broke the news that hes won the illinois primary, hes telling women they are on their own when it comes to health care. richard, how does he get around this? how does he sure up the women of this country who are in major question about where the republican party stands. >> hes got a lot of work to do to get back to those women voters where he used to perform very well. were not just talking about republican women. hes got to get back the suburban independent women who are critical and critical i...

And of these voters, 52% said romney was the best candidate. reverend al, what do you make of it? >> i think if romney pulled one or both out tonight it will be because of the electability question and i think chris hit it right on the head. they are voting against president obama, and they are voting for who they think can beat him. the question is is it enough for romney and can romney pull it out with just that? >> reverend, respond to what chris was talking about the number of people in thes...

Inevitability argument. romney people are saying electability that he is best positioned against president obama when you look at the comparison with rick santorum. that is their argument still. >> you know, you look at the numbers and the polls in michigan are interesting, because on the electability question, the polls indicate that michiganders think santorum is as good a candidate against obama as mitt romney. they also think when it comes to somebody who represents their interests, as middl...

Democrats to make them vote for medicare part d. if we are talking about newt gingrich, his unfavorables are through the roof. its something like 70% of voters in florida he has a 70 unfavorable rating. >> people put the electability question to the table and you felt in south carolina that people looked at him and they said theres a fighter he can beat obama. he has gone from angry, over the line in some cases, and to dangerous. they will say he cannot win. >> i said to this during the break, w...

Well on the electability question, which is a bit of a surprise. hes like minus 29, 56 untphraeufrbl, nobod56 unbe favorable, nobody even comes close to that, even ron paul. that gives you a sense of it. he did something voters wanted to hear badly done. he took on some of the entities they dislike most, the national news media and on a social issue the issue of work, and that he dealt with and the question from juan williams in the fox news debate. and he swung hard on those, he hit it right in...

Ooh a chingd paern and not attacking him on that basis. im saying this is a guy who never has run anything. i dont think on-the-job training should be the president of the united states. hes done great things for our party over the years and for our country. the fact of the matter is, i dont believe his record stacks up to governor romneys record in that regard. >> what about this electability question? you heard what i challenged speaker gingrich with which is there is this view in the party th...

It before the nomination. the last thing republicans want to do is nominate somebody that collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country, and i am committed to beating him and i think i proved in the debates i could take him on in a series of debates and i think its important that we have a candidate strong enough and tough enough to be able to take on president obama in a s...

>> let me ease into the day. >> he won among conservatives. you know, the low country, thats supposed to be moderate republican country. newt swept it. the north -- >> independents. >> evangelicals, greenville, spartan degree. >> joe, its monday. the meds have not worn off and reality has not set in. i need to ease into this story. i have three hours. >> mark just said it, he won women. newt gingrich won women. all that talk about the wives -- >> married women. >> what? >> he won women, number o...